Model Car Collections

[MiniDan]

Evening all ;D

After seing the Scaletrix thread that was on the other day and how many people have still got the cars knocking about got me thinking, does anyone on here collect model cars or am I on my own? (Apart from the very funky custom ones in the for sale bit )

Just photographed my collection.























Still have loads more, bit those are my main ones ;D

Watching a load on eBay at the miniute as well... It never hurts to have more

[akku]

I have tons, but they live in boxes in the attic, so I am selling them. Reminds me, I must get them out and maybe give you guys fiurst dibs on them. Most are proper retro ones from back in the day.

[MiniDan]

Definatly let me know if you do ;D

[reanimation]

Giant Asda seems to know I have a soft spot for em, even though I have loads, I cant resist grabbing a couple hot wheels or custom car toys on offer.

forever giving me daft duplicate ideas




The reality of this one LOL


old fleet

new fleet exc sapph

[surprisingskoda]

minidan35 said:

Evening all ;D

After seing the Scaletrix thread that was on the other day and how many people have still got the cars knocking about got me thinking, does anyone on here collect model cars or am I on my own? (Apart from the very funky custom ones in the for sale bit )

Watching a load on eBay at the miniute as well... It never hurts to have more

please please please say you mean mine
i have another few hundred of my own modded ones, and roughly 2.8-3 thousand others about the place lol
including about 81 (iirc) matchbox estelles which are really hard to get MIB

alastair, i call dibs

[reallyloud]

I'm a bit of a collector myself....

Here's a few of the more interesting ones.

I've managed to photograph about 1/6th of my collection! I've yet to put up the 1/43, 1/36, hotwheels, matchbox and all the big scale ones online!


www.reallyloud.co.uk/photo_index_toys.htm

[MiniDan]

surprisingskoda said:

please please please say you mean mine

I was indeed on about yours Mr Skoda

[goaferboy]

just ordered some choro qs. these ones specifically:


looks enough like my rx7 for my liking!


sunny truck mooneye version


skyline

plus i have 2 rc cars:






crazy octopus replica. work in progress!


rx7


rx7 and hyper 7 (now sold)


baja bug. now gutted and eventually i aim to make it electric


akira bike

iv also got the FF7 advent children bike and the cars from american graffitti somewhere

[skoda_norman]

i do a bit of the olde collectioning myself like.

its something me and my dad have done jointly for as long as i can remember. we've got this git big cabinet with all of our 1:43 stuff. there are a few other scales, but mainly 1:43. I don't have any pics of the whole lot, but have selections.

The Skodas:


Classic Fords:

*I've since added a Vangaurds MK1 Mexico Limited Edition to this line up

From Russia with love:


mk1 Transit:

* 1 of 2, this one was bought for me by my ex-girlfriend! ;D

Some die-cast buses:


I'm also into the model cars that you assemble yourself. I've been into them for about a 18months and havent actually finished a kit yet, so in the following pics are two models i completed when i was younger.








Its all good man

[trg1984]

ive got tones of model cars but as they were passed down from my dad to my bro then to me they are very knackered, very retro tho. if i can find em ill post em. most are from the 50's

[MiniDan]

;D ;D ;D Top models every one ;D ;D ;D

vrskodanorman - I think I'm watching most of them Ford models at the min too add to the collection.

[skoda_norman]

Apart from the Capri and the Corsair they're all Vangaurds.

The Capri is a Carorama model, and I'm not sure of the Corsair - it came from Germany.

The Vangaurds Mexico I got was fantastic. Really detailed too

[reallyloud]

Surprising Skoda, have you done your magic on those Renaults I sold you via ebay yet? I've seen your stuff, and they look really good.

I saw this at the recent NEC Classic car show, which made me laugh.

[skoda_norman]

it took me ages to click there! ^

[gotwood]

I've been collecting since I was a kid (and my 9 year old son collects too)
Nowadays it's mainly Hotwheels stuff,which at the last count were up to about the 1500 mark but I've also got a lot of corgi stuff from the 60's onwards including many juniors and rockets.
Theres also Dinkys,Matchbox,siku,majorette,Johnny Lightning and other stuff like russian and portugese toys.
My son has built up a collection of about 130'ish James Bond cars including a Bond scalextric set and is currently into the Mattel 'CARS' diecast series.
The old Corgi toys factory used to be in swansea and when I was in school I did 2 weeks work experience in the design office which was brilliant
I havent got any photos of my collection as they are all in boxes up the attic

[scimmie]

Here's my collection ;D



















Scimmie

[surprisingskoda]

datsuncherry said:

Surprising Skoda, have you done your magic on those Renaults I sold you via ebay yet? I've seen your stuff, and they look really good.

wow the worlds too small lol!

yeah, actually i wanted the modus's as i didnt have one, the blue and orange ones will be going back on, blue standard, the orange one will be fettled lol. the others are projects-in-waiting at the minute... got quite a lot of stuff on in the way of commissions atm so don't have much time to do for myself...
will post split rim shod metallic blue matchbox cossie ive almost finished

[surprisingskoda]

keeping it retro of course
1 of my own


1 old polistil pug 504 coupe


1 VRskoda norm insists i sell him


cant find any pics of my j- stuff! or the italians

anyway...
found this in a barn, stripped and rebuilt and replaced bits and made up a couple of new bits iirc

another one i 50% scratchbuilt


and an old remote control wired up scrote that i had since i was wee, but it died, then a few years ago i cut up a RC impreza and modded the chassis to suit this lol

[qwerty]

I mainly "collect" hot wheels cars only got bout 25 though, got a couple of 1/24 scale burago's

I have however got loads of old 60/70's models which were handed down to me. Will get some photo's some time

[Snoozin]

I think I'll finally take some pics...

Jewels in the CROWN that is my small collection include the complete set of Konami 1:64 60's and 70's Japanese cars, a trio of 1:18 KPGC10 Skylines, a pair of 1977 DTM BMW's (a third en route) an old Solid Alfasud, an old 1:24 Polistil Alfasud.... a load of AE86's, basically just big wastes of money that keep me happy and look nice on the shelf!